“The way I loved Apes is the way that I loved Batman, actually.
On the surface, it does not seem like there could be much overlap between Matt Reeves’ earlier take on Planet of the Apes, and the director’s upcoming The Batman movie.
That was what the filmmaker did with Planet of the Apes, and that was his intention when making his pitch for The Batman.
I also felt like there have been some great Batman movies, and I didn’t want to just do a Batman movie.